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Hadis Imam Abu Daud about Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah)

Book 19 : Hadith 2926

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) said: When Allah has a good purpose for a ruler, He appoints for him a sincere minister who reminds him if he forgets and helps him if he remembers; but when Allah has a different purpose from that for him. He appoints for him an evil minister who does not remind him if he forgets and does not help him if he remembers.

Book 19 : Hadith 2927

Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:

The Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) struck him on his shoulders and then said: You will attain success, Qudaym, if you die without having been a ruler, a secretary, or a chief.

Book 19 : Hadith 2928

Narrated Ghalib al-Qattan:

Ghalib quoted a man who stated on the authority of his father that his grandfather reported: They lived at one of the springs. When Islam reached them, the master of the spring offered his people one hundred camels if they embraced Islam. So they embraced Islam, and he distributed the camels among them. But it occurred to him that he should take the camels back from them.

He sent his son to the Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) and said to him: Go to the Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) and tell him: My father extends his greetings to you. He asked his people to give them one hundred camels if they embraced Islam, and they embraced Islam. He divided the camels among them. But it occurred to him then that he should withdraw his camels from them. Is he more entitled to them or we? If he says: Yes or no, then tell him: My father is an old man, and he is the chief of the people living at the water. He has requested you to make me chief after him.

He came to him and said: My father has extended his greetings to you. He replied: On you and you father be peace. He said: My father asked his people to give them one hundred camels if they embraced Islam. So they embraced Islam, and their belief in Islam is good. Then it occurred to him that he should take his camels back from them. Is he more entitled to them or are they?

He said: If he likes to give them the camels, he may give them; and if he likes to take them back, he is more entitled to them than his people. If they embraced Islam, then for them is their Islam. If they do not embrace Islam, they will be fought against in the cause of Islam.

He said: My father is an old man; he is the chief of the people living at the spring. He has asked you to appoint me chief after him.

He replied: The office of a chief is necessary, for people must have chiefs, but the chiefs will go to Hell.

Book 19 : Hadith 2930

Narrated Rafi' ibn Khadij:

I heard the Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) say: The official who collects sadaqah (zakat) in a just manner is like him who fights in Allah's path till he returns home.

Book 19 : Hadith 2931

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir:

I heard the Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) as saying: One who wrongfully takes an extra tax (sahib maks) will not enter Paradise.

Book 19 : Hadith 2939

Narrated Al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad:

Al-Mustawrid heard the Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) say: He who acts as an employee for us must get a wife; if he has not a servant, he must get one, and if he has not a dwelling, he must get one. He said that AbuBakr reported: I was told that the Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) said: He who takes anything else he is unfaithful or thief.

Book 19 : Hadith 2941

Narrated AbuMas'ud al-Ansari:

The Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) appointed me to collect sadaqah and then said: Go, AbuMas'ud, I should not find you on the Day of Judgment carrying a camel of sadaqah on your back, which rumbles, the one you have taken by unfaithful dealing in sadaqah. He said: If it is so, I will not go. He said: Then I do not force you.

Book 19 : Hadith 2942

Narrated AbuMaryam al-Azdi:

When I entered upon Mu'awiyah, he said: How good your visit is to us, O father of so-and-so. (This is an idiom used by the Arabs on such occasions). I said: I tell you a tradition which I heard (from the Prophet). I heard the Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) say: If Allah puts anyone in the position of authority over the affairs of the Muslims, and he secludes himself (from them), not fulfilling their needs, wants, and poverty, Allah will keep Himself away from him, not fulfilling his need, want and poverty. He said: He (Mu'awiyah) appointed a man to fulfil the needs of the people.

Book 19 : Hadith 2943

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) said: It is not on my own that I give you or withhold from you: I am just a treasure, putting it where I have been commanded.

Book 19 : Hadith 2944

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:

Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadthan said: One day Umar ibn al-Khattab mentioned the spoils of war and said: I am not more entitled to this spoil of war than you; and none of us is more entitled to it than another, except that we occupy our positions fixed by the Book of Allah, Who is Great and Glorious, and the division made by the Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam), people being arranged according to their precedence in accepting Islam, the hardship they have endured their having children and their need.

Book 19 : Hadith 2945

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Zayd ibn Aslam said: Abdullah ibn Umar entered upon Mu'awiyah. He asked: (Tell me) your need, AbuAbdurRahman. He replied: Give (the spoils) to those who were set free, for I saw the first thing the Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) did when anything came to him was to give something to those who had been set free.

Book 19 : Hadith 2946

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) was brought a pouch containing bead and divided it among free women and slave women. Aisha said: My father used to divide things between free men and slave.

Book 19 : Hadith 2948

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Prophet (Sholallahu ‘Alaihi Wassalam) said: I am nearer to the believers than themselves, so if anyone leaves property, it goes to his heirs, and if anyone leaves debt and dependants, let the matter come to me and I shall be responsible.